carnal

§English

§Etymology

From Middle English, from Latin carnālis (“fleshly, of the flesh”), from carō (“flesh”).

§Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)nəl

§Adjective

carnal (comparative more carnal, superlative most carnal)

1. relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites
2. worldly or earthly; temporal
3. of or relating to the body or flesh

§Derived terms

• carnal knowledge

§Related terms

• incarnate
• incarnation
• reincarnate
• reincarnation

§Translations

relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites

• Bulgarian: похотлив (bg) (pohotliv)
• Catalan: carnal
• Esperanto: fivolupta
• French: charnel (fr)

• Greek: σαρκικός (el) (sarkikós)
• Polish: cielesny (pl) m
• Russian: чувственный (ru) (čuvstvennyj), плотский (ru) (plotskij)
• Spanish: carnal, (sexual) sexual (es), concupiscente (es), libidinoso

worldly or earthly; temporal

• Russian: земной (ru) (zemnoj), мирской (ru) (mirskoj)

• Spanish: terrenal (es), mortal (es)

of or relating to the body or flesh

• Bulgarian: плътски (bg) (plǎtski), телесен (bg) (telesen)
• Catalan: carnal

• Russian: телесный (ru) (telesnyj), плотский (ru) (plotskij)
• Spanish: carnal, corporal (es)

§External links

• carnal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• carnal in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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§Portuguese

§Etymology

From Old Portuguese carnal, from Latin carnālis (“of the flesh”), from carō (“flesh”).

§Pronunciation

• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /kaɾ.ˈnaw/, /kaɹ.ˈnaw/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaɾ.ˈnaw/, /kaɻ.ˈnaw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾ.ˈnaɫ/
• Hyphenation: car‧nal

§Adjective

carnal m, f (plural carnais, comparable)

1. carnal (relating to the physical, especially sexual, appetites)
2. (religion) carnal; earthly; worldly (concerned with human matters)
3. consanguineous (descending from the same ancestor)

   Irmão carnal.

   Blood brother.

§Synonyms

• (worldly): terreno
• (consanguineous): consanguíneo

§Antonyms

• (worldly): espiritual

§Related terms

• carnalidade
• carnalmente
• carnalizar
• carne

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§Spanish

§Etymology

From Latin carnālis (“fleshly, of the flesh”), from caro (“flesh”).

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾˈnal/

§Adjective

carnal m, f (plural carnales)

1. carnal

§Synonyms

• sexual
• libidinoso

§Noun

carnal m (plural carnales, feminine carnala)

1. (Mexico) brother (short form of hermano carnal, "carnal brother", in opposition to adopted or in-law)

§Related terms

• carne